Steve Rothman

Steven R. Rothman (14 October 1952-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 9) from 3 January 1997 to 3 January 2013, succeeding Robert Torricelli and preceding Bill Pascrell.

Biography
Steven Rothman was born in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey in 1952, and he became a lawyer in 1977. He started his own firm in Englewood in 1980, and he served as Mayor from 1983 to 1989, overseeing a renaissance in his city. In 1992, he was elected a Bergen County surrogate court judge, and, in 1996, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as the first Jewish congressman from the 9th district. He voted against Bill Clinton's impeachment, supported a limit on campaign contributions and expenditures, supported the preservation of the Meadowlands, supported Israel, co-chaired Barack Obama's 2007-2008 presidential campaign, and supported the Iraq War. He was defeated for re-election by fellow incumbent Democratic representative Bill Pascrell in 2012 after the 9th district was redrawn.